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Updated to inform that Following an announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 29 July 2024, the planned adult social care charging reforms, which were inherited from the previous government, will not be taken forward in October 2025.

In 'Adult social care charging reform: further details', added section 'Indexation of reform parameters' to reflect that the level of the cap, the upper and lower capital limits, and the level of daily living costs will be reviewed and updated annually.

Updated the case studies in 'Adult social care charging reform: further details' to reflect likely inflationary changes in the rate of the Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) or Personal Expenses Allowance (PEA) after reform is implemented from October 2023. The MIG or PEA figures remain the same in the current system. In addition, the case studies were simplified to remove Attendance Allowance, and now reflect daily living costs at the forecast level they will be in October 2023.

Added document 'Adult social care charging reform: impact assessment'.

Updated 'Adult social care charging reform: further analysis' to include reference to an interactive chart showing users with different care journey lengths, and to correct a figure that lowering daily living costs would cost around 600 million more.

Added attachment 'Adult social care charging reform: analysis

Added attachments 'Adult social care charging reform: further details' and 'Adult social care charging reform: the public sector equalities duty impact assessment'.

Welsh translation added

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